Barbet Schroeder
Known for: Directing
Born: August 26, 1941
Place of birth: Tehran, Iran
Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors of the French New Wave such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Eric Rohmer. Schroeder started his career producing such films as The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1962), Six in Paris (1965), and Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974). He then transitioned into directing films such as More (1969), La Vallée (1972) and Barfly (1987), the last of which was nominated for the Palme d'Or. He also gained recognition for directing the documentary Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978). He directed what he labeled, "The Trilogy of Evil", which includes the films, General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974), Terror's Advocate (2007) and The Venerable W. (2016). He directed the drama Reversal of Fortune (1990) and earned a nomination for Academy Award for Best Director. He then directed many big budget Hollywood films, often mixing melodrama with the thriller genre in films like Single White Female (1992), Kiss of Death (1995), Desperate Measures (1998) and Murder by Numbers (2002). He also acted in Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbet Schroeder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
76 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
7.2
Ricardo and Painting
2023
6.0
The Family
2023
6.6
The Venerable W.
2017
5.9
Jean Douchet, Restless Child
2017
7.0
What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder?
2017
5.5
Amnesia
2015
6.0
Rouge
2015
5.7
Portrait of the Artist
2015
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
1.0
Electra, for Instance
2013
NR
Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer
2011NR
Dreaming American
2011
NR
Making More
2011
NR
Comme un chien
2010
5.0
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
2008
7.1
The Darjeeling Limited
2007
8.1
Mad Men
2007
6.6
Terror's Advocate
2007
5.2
The Duchess of Langeais
2007
6.0
Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer
2006
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
2006
4.3
Only the Night
2005
3.1
Don't Do That!
2004
6.8
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003
6.2
Murder by Numbers
2002
7.2
Our Lady of the Assassins
2000
6.0
Desperate Measures
1998
6.4
Mars Attacks!
1996
5.9
Before and After
1996
5.4
Never Talk to Strangers
1995
5.7
Kiss of Death
1995
5.9
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
7.2
Queen Margot
1994
6.3
Single White Female
1992
6.5
The Golden Boat
1991
7.2
Out 1
1990
6.7
Reversal of Fortune
1990
6.9
Barfly
1987
6.4
The Future of Emily
1985
8.5
The Charles Bukowski Tapes
1985
5.1
Improper Conduct
1984
5.0
Cheaters
1984
6.8
Le Pont du Nord
1982
5.3
Short Memory
1982
NR
L.A.X.
1980
4.3
Roberte
1979
4.9
Cinématon
1978
7.0
Koko: A Talking Gorilla
1978
7.1
Perceval
1978
7.1
Chinese Roulette
1977
6.7
The Marquise of O
1976
5.9
Maîtresse
1976
6.2
30 millions d'amis
1976
6.8
Céline and Julie Go Boating
1974
6.1
La Paloma
1974
7.0
General Idi Amin Dada
1974
6.6
Out 1: Spectre
1973
7.3
The Mother and the Whore
1973
7.3
Love in the Afternoon
1972
5.8
The Valley
1972
10.0
Out 1
19716.0
Samedi soir
1971
10.0
Pork with Sweet Potatoes
1971
6.5
Make-up
1971
7.5
Sing Sing
1971
7.3
Claire's Knee
1970
6.6
Fun and Games for Everyone
1969
6.3
More
1969
7.6
My Night at Maud's
1969
5.1
Imagine Robinson Crusoe
1968
7.3
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
6.3
A Farmer in Montfaucon
1968
6.9
La Collectionneuse
1967
6.6
Six in Paris
1965
6.3
Gare du Nord
1965
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Pour le plaisir
1964
6.4
Nadja in Paris
1964
6.5
The Carabineers
1963
5.8
Méditerranée
1963
6.5
Suzanne’s Career
1963
6.9
The Bakery Girl of Monceau
1963